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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 10, 2012, 12:00 AM CST for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2012, 12:00 AM CST (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2012, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Borden County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425 WWUS44 KMAF 100600 WSWMAF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1200 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS OVERNIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THIS FEATURE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT BEFORE SNOW GRADUALLY COMES TO AN END EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ047-048-052-053-063-070-101000- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WS.W.0002.120110T0600Z-120110T1000Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAIL...SNYDER...BIG SPRING... COLORADO CITY...GARDEN CITY...BIG LAKE 1200 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... * EVENT...MODERATE SNOW. * TIMING...UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW PACKED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BY MODERATE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES...SNOW LOADING ON TREE LIMBS...AND WIND WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND THEREFORE POWER OUTAGES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TXZ045-046-050-051-061-062-069-101000- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.WW.Y.0002.120110T0600Z-120110T1000Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN-ECTOR-MIDLAND-UPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...ANDREWS...STANTON... ODESSA...MIDLAND...MCCAMEY...RANKIN 1200 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. * TIMING...UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND HAZARDOUS IN SOME LOCATIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BY MODERATE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES...SNOW LOADING ON TREE LIMBS...AND WIND WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND THEREFORE POWER OUTAGES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TXZ068-100700- /O.CAN.KMAF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120110T0600Z/ CRANE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRANE 1200 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CRANE COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS CRANE COUNTY... AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR SLICK ROADS TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Martin, Midland and 1 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.